Market News

Weekly Wool Market Commentary 21/04/2016

Wk 43 21/04/2016. The AWEX EMI suffered another loss, falling 24c at auction sales in Australia this week. Now on 1217c the AWEX EMI returns to levels experienced in early March however this week’s fall was largely due to the appreciating AUD which reached a ... Read More

Mandatory wool declarations

WOOL PRODUCERS Australia is backing the compulsory use of National Wool Declarations (NWD) forms which is being championed by wool exporters. Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) introduced the NWD program in 2008 to document woolgrowers’ flystrike control practices through the wool selling system. Currently, 54.5 per cent of the national ... Read More

AWEX Sheep Breed Compendium App launched

13 April 2016 AWEX is proud to announce the launch of the AWEX Sheep Breed Compendium App through the iphone app store. The Sheep Breed Compendium (SBC) is one of AWEX’s most popular publications since it was first printed in 2010. The SBC is a key reference ... Read More

Weekly Wool Market Commentary 7/04/2016

As the AWEX EMI closed the week at 1270c up 31c, the amazing result seemed "scripted to occur" in front of a delegate of over 500 attending the IWTO conference in Sydney. The special sale held at the conference on Tuesday and Wednesday immediately opened with rises of 50-70c ... Read More